When comparing Trillian vs StealthChat, the Slant community recommends Trillian for most people. In the question“What are the best messaging apps for iOS?”Trillian is ranked 12th while StealthChat is ranked 18th. The most important reason people chose Trillian is:

You can set up a dedicated server to hold your communications. Great for businesses that want to build their own infrastructure.

Pros

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In-house server support

You can set up a dedicated server to hold your communications. Great for businesses that want to build their own infrastructure.

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Multiple networks in one place

Among them Yahoo!, Facebook, Skype, Google, AIM, ICQ, XMPP, MSN. You can have multiple accounts associated with each service.

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Group chat

Trillian to Trillian group chat is available.

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Can send self-destructing messages

Messages can be set to self-destruct after a set time.

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Offers 3 types of encryption

The app claims to be the only communication app that encrypts data in transit, on disk and on screen. Encryption in transit is used to make sure no-one can listen in on your conversations even if the traffic is going through their servers, encryption on disk is used to make sure that even if someone gets ahold of your phone and is capable of extracting your messages from it they won't be able to read them and screen encryption is essentially a lock screen that sets in after a set amount of time used to make prevent "shoulder surfing".

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Code is not verified

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Poor support

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Lacks group chat

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Closed source

No way to verify security practices.

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Many people have difficulty registering the app

Multiple people have reported not being able to receive the activation code required to register the app.

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